Re: [CR]Was eBay Carlton, now Grandis

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 21:00:39 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Was eBay Carlton, now Grandis
References: <134.1e54a1fc.2bce2d85@aol.com>


Dale Brown wrote:
>
> This same seller of the Carlton (a shop I guess?) has this Grandis that
> reminded me how very, very nice those bikes were in the 1970s. I am not sure
> how far back Grandis goes but the detaling and workmanship on their best
> models was really top drawer...
> Here's this odd ball bike (Note replacement fork..)
> http://ebay.com/<blah>

My second pro bike was a drilled and pantographed sky blue metallic Grandis from Marina del Rey bike shop (California) in the mid-1970s. Bellissima!

Slightly small and long gone... *sniff*

Chuck "there's always the next bike I can't live without" Schmidt L.A.

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